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• Baptism by ice: Alaskans make annual plunge into frigid lake - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-12-2016 20:12
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Baptism by ice: Alaskans make annual plunge into frigid lake
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  More than a thousand Alaskans took part in a polar plunge fundraiser at Goose Lake, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The plunge was a benefit for Special Olympics Alaska, and has raised more than $2 million for the organization in the ...
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• Great Alaska Hanukkah — or 'Alaskanukkah' - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-12-2016 19:27
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Great Alaska Hanukkah — or 'Alaskanukkah'
  Alaska Dispatch News
  You didn't move all the way from New York to Alaska to reconnect with Judaism. And yet, here you are, engaged in that time-honored Jewish tradition: telling your kids they can't have a Christmas tree. Although your daughter has been asking for several ...
  
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• Polar Bears’ Path to Decline Runs Through Alaskan Village

  18-12-2016 12:10 via nytimes.com
  The bears that come here are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding.
  
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• Night Music: December 17, 2016

  18-12-2016 08:00
  Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  TitleArtist / Composer (if known or if blank artist or unkown)AlbumLabelSong Duration
  8:00 – 9:00
  God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenMarian McPartlandAn NPR Jazz ChristmasNPR JACD 00052:41
  Jingle BellsMarian McPartlandAn NPR Jazz ChristmasNPR JA CD 00055:50
  Christmas WaltzOscar PetersonAn Oscar Peterson ChristmasTELARC CD-833726:50
  Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasOscar PetersonAn O
  
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